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UNITEDv =sfrAT PATENT OFFICE.

PHILMORE it sPEaY, or omonofd- ILLINOIS, AssIGNoR To sENGBUs'cH SELF-'CLOSING p INKsTANn VzoivnauiNr, on NIILWMIKEE,y WISCONSIN, A coaPoRATIoN or iwIs- CONSIN.

INK

PAD.

application filed october 1, 1920. serial No. 411,045.l

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILMORE FQSPERY, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ink Pads, of which the following is a specification. l The object of this invention is the production of an efficient, serviceable, convenient, and ornamental, inking pad for rubber and other hand stamps, in which the pad proper comprises a series of preferably connected, reversible, and removable, elements, comprising a-base or board which is not inkabsorbent, over `which an inked ribbon is stretched, which pad, when exhausted of ink, may be re-inked, or discarded and replaced by a new pad. To accomplish this result, I construct this stamp-inking device in the preferred embodiment of my 1nvention, as shown in the drawings, 1n which I Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation on line 3-3 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 4 is a plan of the inking pad proper, detached from the holder or container;

Fig.l 5 is an edge view of the same;

Fig. 6 is an edge view of a single, detached, inking pad;

Fig. 7 is a similar View showing a slightly modiiiedrconstruction, the inked ribbon being wound a number of times around the board; and

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional elevation on line 8 8 of Fig. 2, the inked ribbon in all the viewsbeing exaggerated in thickness to morev clearly illustrate the device.

Like parts are designated by the, samecharacter or symbol of reference in all the igures. y

A, in the drawings designates the base of this device, which is, preferably, rectangular in form and has a top part B, preferablyl smaller in length and width than the base A, and of suitable height. The upper surface of this part B is of such material as to be non-absorbent of ink, thebase A and the part B being preferably of wood, although steel stamping or casting may be resorted to without departing from the scope of my invention. When made of wood, the upper vsurface of the part B is preferably var-r nished, for the object stated.

Supported upon the base A, and over the upwardly-projecting part B, there is re-v movably placed a container C, comprising.

a rectangular frame'having aV width corresponding to the width of the member B,-and

of a length somewhat longer than the corresponding dimension of the part' B. This container is of an inverted, box-shaped con- A tour, the bottom 12 of which has a rectangular cut-out portion 13, or sight, the remaining part of the bottom affording lianges against which the ink pad properl bears.

1 To the container C there is hingedly connected a coverD, there being on said cover, at opposing margins, lugs or ears 15, which lugs are punctured to receive pins 16 engaging the end walls of the container C. The length of these lugs is such that when the cover D is in opened condition and standing at right angles to the base, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the preponderance of weight of the cover causes it to retain the vertical position, the rear margin 17r of the cover in this case bearing against the rear wall of the container C.

In the front and rear walls 18, 19, of this container, there are L-shaped slots 20, af fording, in conjunction with pins 21, a locking meansA known by the term bayonet catch, whereby the container can be removed from the base A by sliding it in the direction indicated by the arrow m, yin Fig. 8, the part B being shorter than the length of the container to permit of this longitudinal movement of the container.

vThe container C is suliiciently deeper than the member B, to afford therein above the part B, and below the inwardly-extending flanges 12, a space in which the inking pad proper, E, is located. This inking pad proper Y'comprises one or more plates 23, preferably made of cardboard of proper thickness, which board is, preferably, rendered non-absorbent of ink by suitable treatment; and it is of a length and width to l'lt into 'the container, by an easy fit. Over this board 23, there is trained or stretched an inked ribbon 24, said ribbon being, preferably, wound lengthwise around the board 23, and of one or more layers.

I employ a multiplicity of these pads which, when snperposed, are sittiieiently elsetie and resilient to Ytorni a perteet Cushion tor a hand stamp When pressed onto the upper .snrfaeehot'the pad; but inthe preferred embodiment oit my invention, l place a number f these boards :Z2-2i, end-lior-end and slightlyV spneed repart, es illnstijziteld 4land 5, and stiieteh the inked ribbon over all of these boards, and then stitch the inked ribbon along the end margins ot the board, by stitches rl`his eonstrnetion permits the pads being tolded one upon the other in. such manner that any of the inlied faces o? the ribbon may be placed uppermost, and when Jxhansted of inl-i. be turned over to present a new face uppermost. These 'faces inay be re-inled inthe usual inann'er; bnt in View ot the tact that the ink pads forni a separate article ot' eoinn'ieree and are sold at a Very reasonable ligure, the publie in general prefersl t' o discard an exhausted pad and to repleee it With a new one.

rEhe Container with its @over is preferably mede in sheet metal, which at once cheap, and which lends itse admirably ornamentation in anyv ot the well-known pi es'ses ot eleetroplating, japanning', ete., 'and thereby produces a verf; ormnnentnl article. It is a well-known tact that rubber, and other lnind. stamps when being inked by being pressed upon an inked rilfbon prop eilj,v cushioned instead ot an iijiliing pad, the inain portion 0i2 whieli Yfelt saturated with ink, ntl'ord a inneh cleaner and clearer iinpression, and that the objeetional Vfeature of re-inking is avoided in my device, when the exhausted pads are discarded.

1While l have hereinb'e'lore described the preferred embodiment ot? in invention, I desire itto be distinrtly understood'that l inn aware that detailsof Construction .may be changed, and parte omitted, Without depart-- ing 'lroin the scope t iny invention.

l claim as my intention:

i. An inking pad eoii'} .nising n plurality of"seetions'eonneeted together' alongv their edges to Mtold together in optional superposed relations ilor seleetiveljtT exposing the opposite 'faces olE the various sections.

2. In an inking pad, the combination ot a plurality ot seetions hinged together so as to fold in snperposed relation, each of said sections comprising a plate having an inked sheet of tabrie on opposite sides thereof, st tliateaeh vsection'serves is arevezrv'sible inl;- ing` pad for rubber stamps and the like.

3. ln an pachthe ooinbin 'on ot f1 donbleY length of 'inked'ribbon,` and a pluralit',v ot' plates interposedV end vtol end between the lengths of the ribbon and yhaving the latter connected with the plates at their ends to ali'ord a hinged eoi'ineetion between the plates and provide'a fabric-covering on the opposite faces of eaeh plate for inlging rnbber stamps and the like. Y

4. In a d` the classV desoribed, lthe eoinbination or an n l; padeoinprising a i lnrality oli inlging seedons hinged together along their edges to told in optional superposed positions for selectively exposing the oppositie sides oli the various sections, and n easing *for looking the sections in snp Josed relation and adapted to vexpose the onter tace of the npperinost section.

5. In a device ot the Class deseribed, the combination ot a sectional inking pad connposed of a plurality otrelatively stittplates, an inkedl fabric strip embracing the opposite sideso'f thelplates and Jriorining a. collapsibleconneetion therebetween, whereby the sections nre adapted to told together .in snperposed relation, and a holder for the padconiprising two parts tor elnn'iping the seetionso'f the nad .therebetween in superposed relation, one of said parts being .provided with an openingl 'for expnsing the outer Vlaeeo'lf the n pperniost se fon of the 6, An inling pad tor hand and 'other printing stamps, comprising a base, an `npnjardlyextending elenlent on said base, a 'traine on said base and sinfronnding snidelenient, said 'freine having an opening Qrsight, a 'eOYer hingedly eonneeted to seid traine, there being in opposing walls o'l said traine L-'shaped notehes and' in `the upwardlyextending elen'ient pinS Gilgnging saidnotehes, thfe longitudinal dimensions otsaid element' being shorter than the longitudinal diinension of sind trame, and. @wrinkles ned pinne' in said traine.

ent-LMORE F- SPERY. 

